Thankfully, today I was visited by Craig Tucker and Lisa Hibler from Kenan Fellows! Now I had met Craig previously from my interview process, but I’ve only corresponded with Lisa from email, so it was nice to have a face to the name. We had our meeting go under way with both Jacob and I present. We went through some… Read more »

When it comes to the benefits of my internship in relation to my mentor’s organization, Jacob and I had an in-depth talk about this. One of the main things that the USDA-NRCS has been focusing on was outreach. However, with their busy schedules and all of the paperwork (and fieldwork) they have to focus on during the day, it is sometimes… Read more »

As an educator, my goals here at the USDA-NRCS are simple: to learn what the USDA does and to relate it to conservational practices used here in Duplin County and to expose my students to some of the intricacies dealing with agribusiness and conservation. Students today do not know what goes on in the field of agriculture. They are also… Read more »

Hello everyone and welcome to my blog! As a part of this Kenan Fellows program, I am hoping network and experiences that I can carry back to my classroom. In doing this program, and as a beginning teacher who has completed only his FIRST year of teaching, I’ve been in programs similar to Kenan Fellows…and one of the main things… Read more »